manly hall the secret teachings of all ages

I have run across all of this in three hours of a thirty-plus- hour book so although it is possible that henceforth the reading of the book will be flawlessly delivered I highly suspect I will have to continue reconstructing the author’s words from the ruin of the narrator’s utterances. The narrator also occasionally leaves their recorder running while taking a pause, memorializing breathing and the odd sigh or grumble, and some garbled and restarted reading of passages are left in.

This can become exceedingly irritating and distracting, either from eliciting laughter or ire, but is definitely bad enough in places as to render the text unintelligible.

Certainly names and terminology from ancient cultures, which is a problem in a book dealing chiefly with these subjects, but even common words in modern English parlance. The major warning, which could stem from a pet peeve of mine, is that the narrator mispronounces words very frequently. The book itself is a wonderful, incisively- researched treatise on comparative mythology, religion and philosophy, containing illustrations of various symbols, archeological groundplans, etc., so if you are the type like myself to read and listen definitely get the physical or digital copy of the printed book for full context. I was going to wait until finishing this audiobook to review in order to place the experience in its total context but three hours have already given me a sense of what to expect and a strong desire to alert other potential listeners to this audiobook’s peculiarities. Henry Nash, this unique volume can be treasured and passed on as an heirloom with the assurance that its in-depth studies of some forty ancient and modern systems of spiritual development.The Mispronounced Teachings of All the Ages Hall’s exhaustive research concentrates the teachings of nearly 600 distinguished authorities on religion and philosophy, bringing to you an interpretation of the themes underlying the ancient mythology, philosophy, religion, rituals, and arcane mysteries of all ages. First published in 1928, Manly Palmer Hall’s magnum opus has been meticulously reproduced in its original size in collaboration with his archives at the Philosophical Research Society. Secret Teachings of all Ages with Additional color prints and companion volumeįamous First Edition: First printing of 5,000 numbered copies Hardcover with fold-outs in slipcase, 33.5 x 47.5 cm (13.2 x 18.7 in.), 356 pages, with companion book, 23.8 x 32.2 cm (9.4 x 7.4 in.), 256 pages, both with leatherette-bound spine and gold foil embossing 4 prints in a portfolio, each 33.5 x 47.5 cm (13.2 x 18.7 in.), total weight 13 kg (28.60 lb)Įmbracing an expansive range of occult teachings, this vast encyclopedia unveils the arcane myths and mysteries of thousands of years of human civilization.

Manly hall the secret teachings of all ages